This paper
indicates that there might be some relationship between the tribal peoples of India and the Australian
Aborigines. Well, I might have to lay off on the jokes about Aborigines forgetting about the bow and
arrow after they showed up if they're kith & kin....
Curse that Human Races site and its ridiculously low bandwidth limit.
Posted by: Oleg at January 8, 2003 04:16 PMSomeday I'll have a clue to what `tribal' means in India.
Posted by: Anton Sherwood at January 10, 2003 10:32 PM"adivasis" or tribals tend to inhabit marginal land and exist outside the caste system. they eat meat, even
beef, and engage in animal sacrifice as part of their animistic religion. only one tribe in india speaks an
indo-european language are the bhils. most tribal people live in the south and center as well as the east,
speak dravidian, tibeto-burman and munda languages. most dalits are probably of tribal origin, but have
been hinduized-a good analogy would be a "mestizo" that speaks spanish but is genetically indigenous.
I can't interpret the genetic info presented; but if true it begs the question: how and why did those
spermies travel that far? That's some moxie!
Razib, love the site and your observations.
Out of curiosity, where are the majority of the bhil located?
Posted by: jim cooley at January 13, 2003 12:12 AM